Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Organization: United States. Navy / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1950">1950</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1999">1999</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Photographs from the Papers of J. Hartley Bowen, Jr., 1949-1968 (inclusive) circa 1949 (bulk)

Extent:: 71 photographic prints (1 box)
Abstract:: Print photographs depicting the facilities, machinery, and operations of the Aeronautical Materials Laboratory located at the Naval Air Material Center (later the Naval Air Engineering Center) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Princeton University Library Collection of Western Americana Photographs, 1870-1915 (bulk) 1840-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: 144 boxes and 123 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a closed collection of more than 5,000 Western Americana photographs, consisting mostly of documentary photographs of the Trans-Mississippi West from the late 1860s to early 1900s, largely from the perspective of white photographers and settlers. Subjects include American Indians (especially studio portraits), natural wonders, cities, towns, buildings, and economic activities (mining, railroads, logging, and agriculture). Some photographs relate to the Indigenous populations of Mexico and Central America. The dimensions, physical formats, and photographic processes of the photographs vary widely.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Alfred Thayer Mahan Collection, 1883-1913 (bulk) 1883-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of letters by Alfred Thayer Mahan to his publisher regarding his writings about United States naval history. Mahan was a U.S. naval officer in the Civil War, and his work on the importance of adequate navies and merchant marines influenced the policies and philosophies of national leaders across the globe, including those of the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Clifford Nickles Carver Papers, 1885-1965 (inclusive) 1910-1918 (bulk)

Extent:: 50 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence relating to the work of Carver (Princeton Class of 1913) as secretary (1914-1915) to Walter H. Page, the American ambassador in London, as secretary (1915) to Edward Mandell House in Europe, and as assistant to Bernard M. Baruch working for the War Industries Board, and to his commission in the U.S. Navy attached to the Office of Naval Intelligence (1917-1918).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Charles Mason Remey Papers, 1921-1957 (inclusive) 1940-1950 (bulk)

Extent:: 5 boxes, 20 volumes, and 3.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 74 volumes of diaries, letters, reports, reminiscences, and other writings in typescript form, accompanied by clippings, photographs, designs, and memorabilia relating to Charles Mason Remey (1874-1974) and the Remey and Mason families.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

David Potter Manuscripts, 1950s (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of four unpublished manuscripts by David Potter (Princeton Class of 1896) relating to various naval experiences and American military figures.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Harold Gardiner Bowen Papers, 1907-1955 (inclusive) 1930-1945 (bulk)

Extent:: 12 boxes
Abstract:: Harold Gardiner Bowen was director of the Naval Research Laboratory (1939-1942), special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy (1939-1947), chief of the Office of Naval Research (1946-1947), and executive secretary of the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation. This collection consists of selected papers of Vice-Admiral Bowen, including speeches, articles, documents, printed matter, and manuscripts for his book Ships, Machinery, and Mossbacks, The Autobiography of a Naval Engineer (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1954).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Norman G. Anderson Papers, 1904-2018 (inclusive) 1943-2010 (bulk)

Extent:: 26.6 linear feet (13 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, 1 half hollinger box, 4 photo negative boxes, and 5 oversized boxes )
Abstract:: Correspondence, research files, business records, notebooks, printed materials, and photographic materials of American clinical chemist, inventor, and corporate executive Norman G. Anderson.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Selected Papers of Alfred H. Bill, 1956-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts and correspondence of American author, Alfred H. Bill (1879-1964).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Clyde R. Flory film reels and death certificates, circa 1930-1950

Extent:: 1.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Dr. Clyde R. Flory (1892-1963) was a physician based in Sellersville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Navy as a navigator in World War I and as a captain and medical officer in World War II. During his wartime service he invented a special traction bar to cut the amount of equipment used to reduce fractures, and also discovered a new technique for the cure of syphilis. The Clyde R. Flory film reels and death certificates, circa 1930-1950, consist of nearly 200 death certificates from the USS Savannah and about one dozen film reels (16mm and 35mm).

Held at: Sellersville Museum [Contact Us]

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